Wayne Gretzky made the most assists by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 1,086 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 9 season

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,086	696	583	1,669	+553	323	125	314	55	53	61	1	2,792	20.9
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	697	577	477	1,174	+107	586	148	312	37	18	46	7	2,297	20.8
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	647	645	335	982	+148	249	78	255	8	9	69	16	2,211	15.2	3,566	7,467	47.8	493	262	631	578	21:42
4	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	630	675	356	986	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	611	621	259	870	+564	902	71	230	15	30	26		2,928	8.8
6	Denis Savard D. Savard	609	676	324	933	+83	779	86	265	13	8	39	1	2,046	15.8
7	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	608	688	352	960	+438	508	112	174	11	12	56	0	1,665	21.1
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	595	653	254	849	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
9	Adam Oates A. Oates	570	628	199	769	+29	223	65	206	6	8	30	0	1,374	14.5
10	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	550	713	379	929	-93	478	122	218	11	10	29	4	2,494	15.2
11	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	548	699	380	928	+14	208	101	213	12	5	38		2,917	13.0
12	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	541	693	254	795	+348	841	77	155	25	15	27		1,749	14.5
13	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	536	677	405	941	+428	287	107	171	3	2	77		2,353	17.2
14	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	525	580	216	741	+207	544	57	205	15	16	38	3	1,444	15.0	1,159	2,532	45.8	239	63	259	220	20:05
15	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	517	662	345	862	+163	501	86	167	8	3	63	8	2,304	15.0
16	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	516	672	265	781	+156	206	67	172	0	1	44	10	1,816	14.6	12	57	21.1	204	129	390	550	19:41
17	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	516	673	387	903	+5	432	98	195	31	14	44	4	2,340	16.5
18	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	516	689	535	1,051	+388	177	172	175	7	1	75	2	2,483	21.5
19	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	513	655	307	820	-97	261	96	223	20	12	42	1	2,144	14.3
20	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	509	676	441	950	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
21	Ron Francis R. Francis	502	647	243	745	-52	485	73	214	5	2	34	1	1,581	15.4
22	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	502	658	193	695	+327	526	69	222	7	13	31	3	2,451	7.9
23	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	495	550	274	769	+124	463	81	213	3	5	34	6	1,856	14.8	5,987	11,524	52.0	424	287	288	451	21:13
24	Bernie Federko B. Federko	487	638	256	743	-75	291	74	181	2	0	27	0	1,436	17.8
25	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	477	652	165	642	+96	334	50	220	2	0	24	4	1,406	11.7	5,352	10,608	50.5	538	422	488	337	19:53